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rance

/ɹæns/

rance noun: a type of coloured marble from Belgium. Rance is red and often has white or blue graining.

Noun

rance (countable and uncountable, plural rances)

  1. A type of coloured marble from Belgium. Rance is red and often has white or blue graining.
  2. (Scotland) A prop or shore.
  3. A round or spreader between the legs of a chair.

Verb

rance (third-person singular simple present rances, present participle rancing, simple past and past participle ranced)

  1. (Scotland, transitive) To prop or shore up.

Proper noun capitalized: Rance

Rance (countable and uncountable, plural Rances)

  1. A surname.
  2. A river in Brittany, France, which flows into the English Channel.

Forms of rance

Noun
pluralrances
Verb
third-person singular presentrances
present participlerancing
past participleranced
pastranced
Proper noun
pluralRances

Origin of rance

From Old French ranche, from Latin ramex, ramus.

Words that rhyme with rance

3 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about rance

What does rance mean?
Rance means a type of coloured marble from Belgium. Rance is red and often has white or blue graining.
What part of speech is rance?
Rance can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce rance?
Rance is pronounced /ɹæns/.
What is the plural of rance?
The plural of rance is rances.

Words near rance in the dictionary

  1. ranawara
  2. ranbezolid
  3. Ranby
  4. Ranbys
  5. Rancagua
  6. rance
  7. Ranceby
  8. ranced
  9. rancellor
  10. rancellors
  11. rancelman

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